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i bought a b2 and all the freeze plugs were rusted out so i pulled most of them ,but one fell into the block and the messed up part of it is i couldnt get it out so i just put another one in do you think ill have any reprocussions because of what i did
 
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I did the same thing about five years ago on one of my 2.9s and have not had a problem yet. I have to rebuild two more real soon so I hope that dosn't happin agin.
 

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i have not had any problems yet so far i getting lucky
 

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Well, since it was all rusted out and fell in, water will probably be able to flow around it, you'll be fine.
 

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thanks guys it runs fine now just found me fuel problem
 

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Yea, it's best if they don't end up inside the block, but I doubt you'll have any real problems because one did end up in there. They usually don't travel far in there.
 

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